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Joshua Small

A Sydney-based landscape architect, Joshua leads the charge on Green Infrastructure to better connect people, places, nature and cultures.

Media September 22, 2023

Designing linear corridors to deliver greater value for community and planet

Hassell’s new landmark study, ‘Corridors: Designing linear infrastructure in a non-linear world’, takes a cross-sector look at the impact of built corridors on people and planet, as well as that of urban developments on natural corridors. Combining knowledge from the railway, roadway, waterway, and utility sectors across Australia, China, Singapore, Europe, and North America, the study explores how linear infrastructure can be designed to deliver greater value for all through a unified, holistic corridor design approach. Read the article in Architecture&Design.

Media September 05, 2023

Harbourside public domain designs released

The New South Wales government has released a design for the public outdoor areas of the Harbourside Shopping Centre redevelopment in Tumbalong/Darling Harbour. Designed by Snøhetta and Hassell, the redevelopment proposes to create a range of retail, hospitality and entertainment spaces, as well as a 42-storey residential tower. The public elements of the project include a series of through-site links, upgrades to the promenade around Cockle Bay and a new waterfront plaza and garden. The design team has collaborated with cultural design and research consultant Danièle Hromek (Djinjama) and Indigenous planting specialist Clarence Slockee (Jiwah) to embed Wangal and Gadigal ways of thinking and narratives into the design. Read the article in ArchitectureAU. Image: Snohetta and Hassell.

Media September 06, 2023

Anzac Station an “emotional experience”

Leaders of the design team behind the Metro Tunnel’s state-of-the-art stations have spoken about the challenges of designing a major train station to sit next to one of Melbourne’s most important historical monuments – the Shrine of Remembrance. Anzac Station is conceived as a “pavilion in the park” along a reimagined St Kilda Rd boulevard strategically set between the Shrine of Remembrance, Domain Parklands and Albert Park Lake, says Principal at Hassell Mark Loughnan. “Vertical and horizontal pedestrian connections filled with fresh air ensure Anzac Station functions as a unique and safe gateway to and from Melbourne’s most significant parks and gardens,” Mr Loughnan says. Read the article in Southbank Local News.

Research

Corridors: Designing linear infrastructure in a non-linear world

Our new landmark study uncovers how infrastructure can, and indeed must, be better integrated to deliver greater value for all. Download the ‘Corridors’ report.

Media September 04, 2023

Could vacant office buildings in Melbourne be repurposed to boost housing supply?

A new study by globally-reputed design studio Hassell reveals that there are approximately 90 office buildings built before 1990 in Melbourne that could be converted into housing for up to 20,000 people. Hassell partnered with Ethos Urban on the research study conducted on behalf of the Property Council of Australia, with the comprehensive property audit of the city centre identifying these buildings, which represent roughly 6.5% of CBD office buildings built before 1990, and can be repurposed into 10,000−12,000 new apartments, significantly adding to Melbourne’s housing supply through adaptive reuse. Read the article in Architecture & Design.

Media September 01, 2023

Coming soon: The new generation of game-changing hotels

Named amongst ‘a new breed of hotels’, W Hotel is set to welcome guests from 12 October 2023. “The 585-room-and-suite hotel is set within Darling Harbour’s The Ribbon, an idiosyncratic curvy building squeezed between freeway flyovers and designed by Australian architects, Hassell.” Read the article in SMH Traveller.

Media August 30, 2023

‘Gravity of people coming back to the office’…

According to a recent study undertaken by global design firm Hassel, companies which have made adjustments to both their physical office environments and working approaches are enjoying a 17 per cent surge in employee satisfaction compared to establishments that have adhered rigidly to their pre-pandemic operational norms. In ‘Great Adaptations’, the fourth edition of Hassell’s annual Workplace Futures Survey, Senior Researcher Dr Daniel Davis found that more people are working from the office this year. “Employees are more likely to be picking the office this year than they were last year, there is this kind of gravity of people coming back,” he said. Read the article in the Property Council news.

Media August 29, 2023

Flexible workspace elevated to luxury status at Hub Martin Place

Australia’s premium flexible workspace provider, Hub Australia, takes its executive experience to luxurious new heights at Hub Martin Place in Sydney, opening this September. Brad Krauskopf, CEO at Hub said: “At Hub Martin Place, we have set ourselves a lofty goal to create a new standard for workspace hospitality in Australia… We are working with Hassell Studio to create an iconic Sydney workspace inside a beautiful heritage listed building, which is the enviable and ideal place to work for a range of high-end financial, technology, legal and blue-chip organisations in Sydney.” Read the article in Busy Continent.

Media August 30, 2023

From WFH to living in the office: How office conversions could unlock more housing

There are growing calls to transform empty older office buildings in city centres into apartment buildings to help alleviate Australia’s rental crisis and broader housing challenges. Fresh research — conducted by Hassell for the Property Council of Australia — has identified 86 office buildings in Melbourne’s CBD that could be repurposed into housing, potentially delivering up to 12,000 new homes. Hassell principal architect Ingrid Bakker, who led the research, said the potential solution to reactivate the city offered a sustainable perspective for the future. “There’s a bit of a radical rethink that needs to happen around looking at these buildings that obviously aren’t performing very well because a lot of them are empty,” Ms Bakker said. Read the article in RealEstate.com.au

News August 30, 2023

International recognition: SEEK HQ wins SIA Architectural Design Award

Hassell’s ultra-flexible ‘contemporary warehouse’ SEEK HQ has been honoured with a Commercial Project Merit Award in the Singapore Institute of Architects (SIA) 2023 Architectural Design Awards. Find out more about the award and this ‘magnetic workplace’…

Media August 24, 2023

The Great Room launches its first Australian flexible workspace location in Sydney, Australia

The Great Room is set to open its doors in the heart of Sydney’s CBD at Level 29, 85 Castlereagh Street, marking its first foray into the country in partnership with Australia & New Zealand-based asset manager 151 Property. Award-winning global multidisciplinary design firm Hassell was appointed to provide luxury interiors that incorporate a uniquely Sydney hospitality focused offering while providing the same high standard of comfort, aesthetics, and performance synonymous with The Great Room brand. This follows Hassell’s design of multiple successful projects with The Great Room in Singapore and Hong Kong. Read the article in Commo.

Media August 27, 2023

One in three Australian office desks are empty: report

A new report by Australian workplace sensor provider XY Sense suggests the push to get workers back into the office has stalled. Hassell’s Commercial and Workplace sector principal said working from home has become so entrenched that organisations must now earn higher levels of office attendance by ensuring their workplaces support employees to “be both individually productive and socially connected”. “[Employers must provide] experiences that are aligned to purpose and [enrich] lives by making people happier and healthier in the office,” she said. “Success lies with the carrot — not the stick.” Read the full article in the Australian Financial Review. Image: Bloomberg.

Media August 24, 2023

SIA Merit Award for Seek HQ

Our magnetic workplace Seek HQ has been honoured with a Merit Award for Overseas Commercial Projects in the 2023 Singapore institute of Architects (SIA) Architectural Design Awards. Read the article in LookBox Living.

News August 29, 2023

Revitalising Brisbane’s Roma St Precinct: 205 North Quay

With its bejewelled tower and subtropical open-air podium, 205 North Quay in Brisbane, Australia has reached a significant milestone with the first of 2,582 façade panels now installed. The world-class river-edge development will transform the city’s North Quarter, setting a new benchmark for commercial tower design on Yuggera and Turrbal Country.

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